India, July 17 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law, businessman Robert Vadra, in connection with its money laundering probe in a 3.53-acre land deal in Gurugram's Shikohpur in 2008, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. He has been charged under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, they added.

This is ED's first charge sheet against Vadra, who was questioned for three days in this case in April.

Vadra's two firms allegedly had only Rs.1 lakh each in their bank accounts when they purchased the land worth Rs.7.5 crore in Shikohpur.

The people cited above referred to the probe in the case and said that it showed Vadra's firm applied for developing th...